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Mapping Scientology’s impressive LA real estate empire
Here are 16 prized buildings.
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The changes underway in Chinatown, mapped
From mixed-use development to parks, we’ve charted all the projects that are bound to reshape Chinatown.
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Mapping LA’s most overlooked and underrated public parks
These under-the-radar parks are perfect for picnics, birthday parties, and peaceful walks.
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38 remarkable places to encounter public art in Los Angeles
From Santa Monica to the Valley, we’ve picked 39 of our favorite pieces—some well-known and some under the radar.
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LA’s strange and wonderful lost amusement parks
Once upon a time, Los Angeles was home to dozens of freewheeling amusement parks, including an alligator farm.
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Mapped: The big development projects headed to South LA
For the first time in decades, major development projects are underway in South Los Angeles.
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25 secret gardens hidden around LA
From small rooftop parks to large open spaces crisscrossed by trails.
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These fancy buildings will transform the Sunset Strip
The Sunset Strip has become a magnet for high-end developments.
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The 20 most iconic buildings in Los Angeles, mapped
From the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Watts Towers, these are the buildings that give you that "back-home" feeling when you return from vacation.
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LA’s jaw-dropping wedding venues
From breathtaking public parks to Lloyd Wright’s all-glass chapel, these are 25 of the most stunning places to tie the knot.
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The famous authors map of Los Angeles
The favorite LA haunts of literary legends like Joan Didion and Charles Bukowski.
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The historic, stately homes of West Adams Boulevard
Take a walking tour, using this map as your guide.
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Martin Luther King Jr. left his mark on Los Angeles
Here are some of the places the civil rights legend visited around LA.
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The East LA blowouts of 1968, mapped
Over a period of two weeks, thousands of Mexican-American students protested their unequal education—we’ve mapped the most pivotal locations.
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The Central Avenue jazz clubs that made LA swing
From the 1920s to 1950s, "the Avenue," as it was lovingly called, was the hub of the West Coast jazz scene.
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For Mexicans, celebrations are a journey across the Southland
Every large Mexican immigrant community has its own circuit of venues for life’s big events. This is Jerez’s.
This map shows evacuation zones, areas burned in Skirball Fire
Approximately 46,000 residents east of the 405 freeway were forced to evacuate.
This map shows how far and wide Dodgers fandom spreads
Where do true blue Dodger fans live?
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The off-the-record, very hush-hush filming locations for ‘L.A. Confidential’
The 1997 classic exposes rot beneath LA’s glamour.
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Southern California’s experimental communes, mapped
From Silver Lake to Santa Barbara, zealots and hippies high on religion, LSD, and idealism withdrew from mainstream society to build their own utopias.
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The ultimate ‘Terminator 2’ filming locations map, baby
Come with us if you want a guide to the movie that turned LA into a hellish inferno, with scenes filmed in such iconic spots as the Sixth Street Bridge.
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The weird roadside architecture of Los Angeles
Thank car culture for these buildings shaped like giant donuts, tamales, and sail boats.
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The best places to stay on a road trip from Los Angeles
From San Diego to the Central Coast, these are our favorite hotels, motels, and B&Bs.
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Updated: 25 places in LA where ‘Twin Peaks’ was filmed
David Lynch, a longtime Los Angeles resident, set his provocative TV show in the Pacific Northwest, but filmed many of the scenes right here in Los Angeles.
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Mapping Los Angeles's groundbreaking role in LGBT history
From homes to parks to clubs, here's a map of the 14 most important locations where the LGBT community made space for itself in Los Angeles, often under crisis and in the face of resistance.
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The West Coast's 15 must-see midcentury modern buildings
Sam Lubell, author of the newly released "The Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide" shares his picks for 15 must-see West Coast modern sites. His evocative descriptions are accompanied by jaw dropping photos by Darren Bradley.
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10 Black Friday alternatives that don't cost a penny
We've come up with 10 ways to enjoy the pseudo holiday in Los Angeles. None of them involve shopping, and they're all free.
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13 places in LA to take your out-of-town relatives
Entertaining family or friends over the holidays? Here are 13 locations to take them. We've picked destinations that aren't entirely off the beaten path but aren't typical tourist spots.
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6 places that remind us LA is the 'Capital of Science Fiction'
From Fox Plaza, which is featured prominently in Die Hard to Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, Los Angeles plays host to a half dozen buildings with connections to the science fiction genre. We've compiled them in a handy map.
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The Vin Scully map guide to Los Angeles
Vin Scully broadcast his final game in 2016 after 67 years as the voice of the Dodgers. Here's a guide to some of the places frequented by Scully during his many years in Los Angeles.
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The Arts District's never-ending parade of development
Downtown LA's Arts District has become a kind of magnet for developers, and at least one recently announced project promises to completely transform the neighborhood. We've rounded up all the projects in the works right now
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9 small homes for sale in LA right now
In honor of Curbed's Micro Week, we've poked through listings of small homes under 750 square feet to find a mix of fixer-uppers and move-in ready houses across the price spectrum and throughout Los Angeles.
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Mapped: Hollywood's Out-of-Control Hotel Boom
Nothing's slowed down over the past year in the furious Hollywood hotel boom. Whether they're bringing a new art gallery or setting their sights on Millennials' money, these new hotels are proof that Hollywood's hotel hotness is still on the rise.
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Map: Where to catch Pokémon in Los Angeles
LA's landmarks are some of the best and most beautiful places to catch Pokémon (Pikachu has been spotted at Griffith Park!), which means you have another excuse to get out and explore the iconic spots for which LA is best-known.
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Mapping the development boom in DTLA's Historic Core
Home to Grand Central Market and Pershing Square, this neighborhood has become a target for developers looking to build creative offices, residential towers, and even a new museum.
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10 great Los Angeles starter homes
As part of Curbed's big feature on first-time home buying, we set out to uncover 10 great starter homes in Los Angeles.
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Mapping the long history of oil drilling in LA
Take a look at some of the sites where the oil business has crossed paths with the communities of Los Angeles. Before Hollywood, the city was a boomtown that produced a huge portion of the world's supply of oil.